GENERAL INSTRUCTION:

• Summary: Maximum 5 pages
• Font Type (Size): Times New Roman (12)
• Writing: Bulleted points/diagrams/charts/etc is more preferable instead of long texts

TEAM BUILDING

All participants must form a team and the rules governing team building are as follow:

• Open to any individual with a Bachelors degree or minimum of 5 years working experience in lieu of this qualification.
• Should consist of maximum of 3 members.
• No individual can belong to more than one team.
• A team can submit multiple entries.
• In the event of two or more business plans from the same team are short listed, the team can only present one of their entries.
• Members of the team need not come from the same institution, company or geographical location

CONTENTS

As a participant, you are expected to submit and articulate your business plan proposal in a congruent and concise manner. As a guide, your proposal should be presented in the following sequence:

• Company profile: This deals with the general overview of the company. It should contain a brief summary of company line of business, board of directors, company organ gram etc.
• Executive summary: This is the thrust of the proposal as it highlights the main goal and recommendation.
• Business valuation: This explains the detailed business proposal. It should detail the plan in a simple language and should contain the initial capital needed, the cash flow and the profitability analysis.
• Marketing strategy: This should explain how the proposal will be marketed and how each level of the proposal will be handled.
• Market opportunity: This should detail various opportunity that are abound in the business proposal.
• Forecasting: This should contain future trend and opportunity of the business.
• Addendum: This contains other relevant information that has not been earlier provided.